Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow on Saturday welcomed Myanmar's decision to allow detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to speak to her son for the first time in more than five years, calling it a sign of progress. Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks on the phone to her son, Kim Aris, who is at Myanmar's embassy in London, in Myanmar, October 22, 2026.